05-19-2022, 10:12 AM
My only experience is a torn ACL, and i never wore a brace. The full recovery time was 12 months (in 2000), and i went back to martial arts at that time, finishing up 1st degree BB. I wasn’t playing professional football, but I wasn’t sitting around either. I still remember the first time I tried to spar, and my first competition. Not pretty… . Later on MMA became popular and I participated in that as well.
The fact that athletes come back in several months is amazing, and I assume the recovery protocol has changed for the better. It’s been about 18 months since the surgery. If it was fully successful, then at some point a brace is pointless, because the knee is repaired, and the muscles supporting it are at full strength. When the time is that he doesn’t wear one is between him and his doctors. The only reasons I can think of that would require him to wear a brace forever (on game day or otherwise) is if there is permanent, unrepairable damage, or an inherent problem with the knee.
The fact that athletes come back in several months is amazing, and I assume the recovery protocol has changed for the better. It’s been about 18 months since the surgery. If it was fully successful, then at some point a brace is pointless, because the knee is repaired, and the muscles supporting it are at full strength. When the time is that he doesn’t wear one is between him and his doctors. The only reasons I can think of that would require him to wear a brace forever (on game day or otherwise) is if there is permanent, unrepairable damage, or an inherent problem with the knee.
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